skype things
Skype’s great; no need to deliberate on that any further.
Yet, skype developers, I have one major issue, one minor and one feature request.
Major: once I grant other users the privilege to see my “online status,” I can not revoke it. Ever (for that UID.) I may remove them from my contacts, or even block them, but they can still see me. That bothers me. I’m not sure what’s going under the hood, but it would make me feel better if I can revoke the permission. Anyone of us can easily think up scenarios why this would be desirable.
Minor: There is no need to show how many contacts I have as part of my profile. It is permissible to have no other info than the UID on one’s profile but this piece of (private) info always appears. Easy fix.
Request: I’d like to assign different “online status” to different users instead of a common one for everyone. Some people, I wouldn’t mind bothering me anytime, some I’d like to be invisible forever :) This will also help with my first concern above. It can probably be done through grouping; even two groups will suffice.
There you have it.
June 2nd, 2006 at 1:01 am
I totally agree with you. Did you CC skype? I don’t think they’re reading Sidechannels (though that’s their loss).
June 2nd, 2006 at 4:36 pm
I totally agree. It would be also good to dynamically show the Skype-out account balance (so one can be reminded how much he/she has so far spent on a call and if there is enough funds in his/her account e.g. for the next ten minutes).
November 19th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
A workaround would be to use two profiles. Give both of them to family and only one to work. Then just log in to either one according to who you want to see you online.